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AWARD WINNER In 1966 and 1967 the Democrat won 10 State Press Assn, awards for General Excellence, Excellence in Typography, Local News, Adver tising, Columns and Photographs. WATAUGA DEMOCRAT ._An Independent Weekly Newspaper . . . Eightieth Year of Continuous Publication BOONE WEA1HEB SepHo %'&*nowFr Sept 20 79 93 Sept 31 72 99 Sept 23 82 90 Sept 23 — 40 Sept 24 81 — Sept 29 68 41 VOL. LXXX—NO. 13 BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1967 10 CENTS PER COPY 28 PAGES—3 SECTIONS ARCHITECT'S DRAWING OF NEW UNIVERSITY BUILDING Classroom Building To Cost $1,083,238 Low bids totaling $1,083,238 for a five-story classroom building at Appalachian State University were received by the university Thursday. The building, to be built near the center of the campus, will house the English, foreign languages, philosophy, religion and art departments. It will be situated at one end of a planned mall which will extend through the center of the campus. University trustees are ex pected to meet within two weeks to award contracts, and construction is scheduled to begin immediately after that. The construction schedule calls lor completion of the building in time for use during the fall quarter of 1968. The low bids were: General contract, Dicker son, Inc., of Monroe, $819,000; plumbing contract. Ingold Plumbing Co. of Hickory, $38, 950; mechanical contract, As sociated Mechanical Contrac tors, Inc., of Greensboro, $138,005; electrical contract, Electric Wiring Co. of Hick ory, $66,350, and elevator con tract, Southern Elevator Co. of Greensboro, $20,933. The cost of furnishings lab oratories and buying other equipment is estimated at $500,000 which would bring the total cost for the building to about $1.5 million. Watauga ASC Committeemen Elected In Last Week’s Voting Officials of the Watauga ASC County Committee count votes in the recent ASC election. Shown left to right, clockwise, are J. M. Wilson, Roy Isley, Albert Harmon, Miss Kathryn Mast, and M. L. Shepherd. Various Citizens Appear At Meeting Board Aldermen The Boone Board of Aider men met Thursday night and heard several requests and complaints about improving streets in certain sections of town. Alderman present were Dr. James B. Graham, Phil A. Vance Jr., and Dr. Hadley M. Wilson, Mayor Clyde R. Greene pre sided. Several of the complaints about street conditions were brought on by the water and sewer lines being installed. Those requesting something be done were informed the situation will be remedied as soon as possible. R. E. Agle requested the street by his home by made a one-way street but was advised this is not feasible. He was told, however, that warning signs and speed humps would be placed along the street. To a request by Dr. Ed Harrel for a bigger water line, the Board said the matter will be cared for as soon as possible. Charles Blackburn requested permission to make an exit from the Winn-Dixie store park ing lot onto Coffey Street. He was told the the request would be studied to see if the exit could be made. James Dugger appeared and stated contractors for water and sewer projects were not re paving the roads according to specifications set forth in their contracts. He contended the pav ing is deficient according to contract specifications. Action was deferred on this until Tues day night, Sept. 27, when re presentatives of Moore and Gardner Assocs.and Tom Wink ler of the State Highway Com mission could be present. Mrs. Jack Evens requested that persons keeping more than three unrelated children in their homes be licensed and meet state requirements for child care. Town Attorney James E. Holshouser, Jr., was instructed to inquire into state requlations on this matter. A petition for a stop light at the corner of Blowing Rock Road and Clement Street was presented. The petitioners were told a light will be installed by the state when the new Faculty Street improvements are com pleted. The Board approved pay ment of $1,000 to the Chamber of Commerce to help pay for ad vertising folders promoting the town. MAJOR THOMAS Major Thomas Is Appointed Co. Inspector Major John H. Thomas has been appointed by the Watauga Board of County Commission ers as electrical inspector for the county, it was announced last week by G. Claude Danner, clerk for the board. Major Thomas replaces Rex Barnes, who resigned, to in struct classes at Caldwell Tech in Lenoir. The Watauga County ASC Committeemen were elected last week, and results of the balloting. The men will serve a term of one year. The Committees are listed by townships and the first named will serve as chairman. The second named as vice chairman; third will be the regular member; and the fourth and fifth, first and second alternates respectively. Beaver Dam—Linville Norris Sugar Grove; Clyde Cornett, Rt. 2, Vilas; Howard Cable, Sugar Grove; Fred Winebarger, Sugar Grove; Jesse Moore, Sugar Grove. Brushy Fork—A. Y. Howell, Vilas; Coy Billings, Vilas; Joe McNeil, Vilas; S. E. Anderson, Vilas; Howard J. Hodges, Vilas. Cove Creek—J. C. Wine barger, Zionville; Jack Henson, Vilas; Audie Presnell, Vilas; Burl Lawrence, Vilas; Robert L. Banner, Sugar Grove. Laurel Creek—Ned Glenn, Sugar Grove; Frank Cable, Sug ar Grove; Bill Harmon, Sugar Grove; John Presnell, Banner Elk; Gradon Hagaman, Sugar Grove. Meat Camp— Blain Stan berry, Rt. 1, Boone; Walter Winebarger, Rt. 2, Boone; Willard D. Norris, Rt.2, Boone; James L. Penley, Rt. 2, Boone; Kermit Proffitt, Rt. 2, Boone. New River—H. E. Brook shire, Rt. 1, Boone; Vance Keller, Rt. 1, Boone; Fred Critcher, Boone; John F. Cook, Rt. 1, Boone; Collis Austin, Rt. 3. Boone. lai i ui r\-miuei , Trade, Tenn.; Argus Wallace, Trade, Tenn,; Claude May, Trade, Tenn.; Mark Thomas, Trade, Tenn,; Mack Thomas, Trade, Tenn. Shaw nee haw—Will Byrd, Banner Elk; Russell Farthing, Banner Elk; Iris Harmon, Ban ner Elk; Clyde J. Eggers, Ban ner Elk; J. B. Christenbury, Valle Crucis. Stony Fork—W. B. Day, Rt. 1, Boone; J. L, Coffey, Sr,, Deep Gap; W. H. Stanberry, Rt. 1, Boone; Gerald Cook, Rt. 1, Boone; Don Hayes, Rt. 1, Boone. Watauga—Jeff Shook, Banner Elk; Arlie B. Hodges, Sugar Grove; Don Cook, Sugar Grove; H. O. Aldridge, Banner Elk; Claude Garland, Rt. 3, Boone. Many Officials, Others N.C.Travel Council Will Have 3-Day Meet Here Georgia Leader Will Address Gathering Sun. More than a hundred members and guests of the North Carolina Travel Council will gather in Boone October 1 for a three-day convention, according to Council President, Mrs. Doris B. Pot ter. “This is an important meet ing of the Council,** Mrs. Pot ter said, “and we’re delighted that we can come to Boone. This is the Council’s first meeting here, you know,** she said. A high point of the three-day affair is the banquet and re ception Sunday evening at 6:30 in Boone’s Holiday Inn, where the group will hear an address by Mr. Ed Chapin. Monday, the group will tour the area’s better known tourist attractions, starting with the Botanical Gardens in Boone, in cluding Seven Devils, Hound Ears, Beech Mountain and con cluding with a picnic at Grand father Mtn., hosted by Hugh Morton. The Council’s business ses sion is scheduled Tuesday at Plemmons Center on the ASU Campus. The guest list for the con vention includes many well known persons, among them Congressman and Mrs. James T. Broyhill; Attorney General and Mrs. Wade T. Bruton; Mrs. Wayne Corpening, Director of the N. C. Dept, of Adminis tration; State Highway Com mission Chairman and Mrs. J. M. Hunt; and Mr. and Mrs. C. Davis Blanton of the Depart ment of Conservation and De velopment. ED CHAPIN, Chairman of the Travel Council of the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce who is scheduled to address the State Travel Council in Boone Sunday evening. WATAUGA COUNTY HOSPITAL Hospital To Be Dedicated In Ceremony Next Sunday Mr. Alfred Adams, Chair man of the Board of Trustees, will preside and give the wel come at the dedication cere mony of Watauga County Hos pital Sunday, October 1, at 2:30 P. m. Dr. Wey Named For School Study By Governor Dr. Herbert Wey, associate Dean of the School of Education at the University of Miami, for mer principal of Appalachian High School, Boone, and faculty member at Appalachian State University, was named one of three consultants to make a study of North Carolina’s public school system. Dr. Neil Rosser of the Uni versity of North Carolina had been named to direct the school study by Governor Dan Moore’s Study Commission on the public schools. The two other consultants named are Dr. Samuel Brown ell, professor of urban educational administration at Yale University and Dr. Lewis C. Dowdy, president of A & T University in Greensboro. “It is my purpose,’* Rosser said, “to go out into the counties and cities and talk to the people and see what they want.” Bid Accepted For Court Room Furniture The low bid for furnishings for the Courtroom in Watauga’s Courthouse was accepted last week by the County Com missioners, G. Claude Danner, board clerk, said. Total amount for the appoint Adams Named To Jury Group The Watauga Board of Com missioners has named Alfred T. Adams to the jury commission which will prepare jury lists and select jurors for county courts, according to an announcement by G. Claude Danner, clerk for the board. The commission will be com posed of three men, and last week O. H. Foster, clerk of Watauga Superior Court, named Hiram Brooks to the commis sion. The third member will be named by the resident Superior Court judge and his selection will be announced soon. merits was $7,645.39. The amount Includes taxes,delivery and installation. The bid was submitted by Southern Desk Co. of Hickory, and was $354.61 under the amount allowed by the original estimate. The bids were opened in the offices of Coffey and Annas, architects in Le noir, Wednesday and the low bid accepted Friday by the com missioners. Included in the furnishings were 400 “opera” chairs for spectators, 26 jury chairs, 2 witness chairs, 1 judge's chair, 8 attorneys’ chairs, 2 re corders’ tables, 2 recorders’ chairs, and 4 attorneys' tables. Not included in the bid were a judge’s bench and a desk for the Clerk of Court. Danner did not know why these were not in cluded, but supposed they would have to be furnished later. The old furniture has been set up in the temporary Court house on Junaluska Road, and its exact disposition when the new courthouse is put into use, was not known. Mr. Wade E. Brown, immedi ate past chairman, will give a brief account of the construction (rf the new buildit^. Rev. E. F. Troutman, former pastor of Grace Lutheran Church, will offer the dedicatory prayer, and Mr. William F. Henderson of the North Carolina Office of Medical Care Commission, will give the dedicatory address and present the Dedication Plaque. Brief responses will be made by a member of the Board of Trustees, the County Commis sioners, the Medical Staff, and the Hospital Administrator. Because of the patients, the Conrad Named Bd. Chairman Emeritus ASU William J. Conrad, who re cently ended 26 years of dedicated service as a mem ber of Appalachian State Uni versity’s Board of Trustees, has been elected chairman emeritus of the board. The action was taken during a regular meeting of the Trustees here Saturday. Conrad, retired director of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, was appointed to the Appalachian Board of Trustees in 1941. He served as chair man of the board from 1949 until July 1 of this year. A native of Winston-Salem, Conrad attended Wake Forest College and was employed by the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in 1913. He was named se cretary of the company in 1940 and was elected as director five years later. He has served on the Board of Trustees of Wake Forest since 1931. Conrad is the first person to be elected chairman emeritus of the ASU Trustees in the his tory of the institution. WILLIAM J. CONRAD second and third floors will not be open to the public, but visitors are invited to tour the first floor. The people of Watauga County are urged to attend this ceremony and view their new hospital building. Robbery Fails To Materialize At Drug Store An attempted robbery of Boone Drug Company Monday afternoon was thwarted by the quick thinking of O. K. Rich ardson, an owner of the store. According to Richardson, three Negro men entered the store about 3:30 p.m. One of the men was near the cash register and the clerk that waited on him had rung up his sale when he asked for something else. She left the register drawer open while she was getting the rest of the order. Richardson said he saw the man reach in the drawer and yelled at him. The man dropped what money he had in his hand and ran. Richardson told Jim Furman, druggist, to call the police, and started pursuing the man. He chased him to Gateway Cafe where he lost sight of him. At the time of the attempted rob bery, Richardson did not know of the presence of the third man, but was told when he returned to the store, that the other two men left the store in a rush. No money was lost and no arrests had been made by Tues day. Tenth District G.O.P. Meeting Next Saturday A special District Republican Convention for the new tenth Congressional District, will be held at the Courthouse In Mor ganton Saturday September 30 at 2:30, according to an an nouncement by James K. Hols- ' houser, StateRepuhlicanChair man. The new district is composed of the following counties: Avery, Alexander, Burke, Caldwell, Cleveland, Catawba, Gaston and Watauga. Watauga county will be en titled to 23 votes in the district convention. The convention will elect a District Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treas urer, and such other jfflctals as the Convention may deem proper.
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